A young man finds himself facing the most significant decision of his life. And then he dies.
This event opens the path to two possible stories: an eternal vacation in Heaven... or the condemnation to Hell. In both cases, the boy faces a world far d...
Oh yes, I did. And it was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
"I knew a girl, a certain Laura...I had a rather ambiguous relationship with her, let's say. The fact is that at some point it ended..."
-It was all in your head, Nathan. That's what made it so special.... -What do you mean, "It was all in my head?"-. Gio looked at me indifferently. -She didn't feel anything for you, she just wanted to have fun, that's why she left you-. I had my gaze bent down to the carpet in my room.... He was right... -You just got lucky- I whispered to Gio. -What are you saying? -Lucky to know someone like Sara...I can't say the same...-. -Nat, you'll get your chance too, I'm sure...you know what they say, the sea is full of fish...-. But Laura was not like all the others.... I would never meet someone like Laura again. I could feel my teeth getting tighter and tighter and tighter.... I couldn't open my mouth, it was stronger than me.... Aaahhh, at this rate they were going to fall out one by one...I couldn't resist this grip.... I had this feeling every time I ground my teeth while I slept: but of course! You were dreaming, it was all a dream! I reflected: how had I ended up in that room with my brother? I didn't even know if it was evening or night.... -Gio, I think I was in a dream-. -God, you know what you have to do to get out of it, Nat: the suicide plan, remember?-he told me. -No, Gio, I'm not going to jump out the window to wake up! What if it's reality?-. I heard the cell phone ringing: it was the chorus of that Green Days song. -Hurry, we have to get out! It's a code red!-shouted Gwendolen from a room in the distance. -Uuhh, juicy mission- exclaimed Gio wearing his black jacket. I felt a chill run down my spine: No, no, not a code red.... Not a chopped-up corpse again.... Not again... The refrain kept ringing undaunted, fueling my fear. I loved that song so much...what a cursed choice to set it as an alarm! Suddenly, I stopped breathing. I felt as if there was something blocking my airway...I tried to take a breath of air, but I couldn't. Panic assailed me. I fell to the floor, my knees banging on the carpet. I had to recover, I had to breathe, but I couldn't do it! I couldn't do it! Fireclose's shadow materialized in front of me: he looked gigantic, mastodonic compared to me. -Did you hear the alarm! Get up, we have to get out-. But I didn't have the strength to get up. -I said GET UP!-. The man pulled a gun out of his pocket and pointed it straight at my forehead. -If you don't get up on the count of three, I will blow your brains out-. My eyes wide open, face as pale as milk from hypoxia. A desperate thirst for oxygen-. -One...two...-. I was choking, groping desperately for oxygen, but it was all useless, ALL USELESS!
-Aaaaaahhhh!-. I opened my eyes, and the stark reality immediately crashed in on me. I had a thick layer of sheets in front of my face: it prevented me from breathing and seeing; I immediately freed myself, and took an extremely satisfying breath of air. I was in what looked like the dark room of a hospital; my heart was pounding remembering the last events: the disco, the drugs, the General's shooting.... The cell phone kept ringing, leaning against a nightstand beside the bed. I tried to give myself strength and grabbed it, expecting to find the classic little yellow man; instead, the screen represented only a pool of blood in a completely white screen. The decapitated bird's head fell onto the puddle; the little man's face was completely disfigured, his eyes open and frightened. "What the hell?" I wondered in my mind, but E.V.A. immediately answered:
CAUTION: IMMINENT DANGER Get to safety, you are risking your life.
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